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- 1 2 "Mr Solomon Meyer (1823-1902)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mercantile and money article". The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 May 1876. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Carcoar". New South Wales Government Gazette (166). 26 May 1876. p. 2053. Retrieved 22 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Carcoar by-election 1876". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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